Hackers release data from Fraternal Order of Police, largest U.S. police union

[villager]

Source: BoingBoing

Sensitive electronic files from America’s biggest police union were posted online this week after a hacker breached the Fraternal Order of Police website. The ill-gotten dump includes officers' names and addresses, message board posts bashing Barack Obama, and details of eyebrow-raising contracts made between the union and city authorities.

The Fraternal Order of Police, or FOP, describes itself as “the world's largest organization of sworn law enforcement officers, with more than 325,000 members in more than 2,100 lodges.”

“We have learned today that our data system has been hacked by the Group known as Anonymous,” read a Facebook post Thursday from FOP president Chuck Canterbury. The attack “appears to have originated outside of the United States,” the statement continued.

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"The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), which says it represents about 330,000 law enforcement officers across the US, said the FBI was investigating after 2.5GB of data taken from its servers was dumped online and swiftly shared on social media. The union’s national site, fop.net, remained offline on Thursday evening."

Read more: http://boingboing.net/2016/01/29/hackers-release-data-from-frat.html

[Faux pas]

1. The sun needs to shine brightly

and these nefarious A**Holes. The cops that is.

[christx30]

3. If there are crimes in the "contracts made between the union and city authorities",

can anything be done about them (prosecutions), since the evidence was obtained illegally?
I am very glad this happened, because you're right, sunlight is a great disinfectant. But is anything going to come of it?

[happyslug]

4. If the data has evidence of crimes, it can be used

But that is NOT what the article says, it uses the term high raising onstead, which can be legal deals but terms thst shocks some people. In a local election some years ago the Mayor entered into a comtract with the fire department union. The reason was the contract was up before the we election so the mayor signed a contract we hose terms did not come out till after the election. Nothing illegal but the terms were viewed as shocking by some people. The mayor was investigated but no charges were ever filled. Just an example of something shocking but not illegal.

[geek tragedy]

2. Doxing is always despicable but the other stuff is worth discussing. nt

[Angel Martin]

5. Disgusting

publishing police home addresses is always wrong


as for the other stuff:

message board posts criticizing Obama - how dare they criticize a President who has been trying to undermine their legitimacy since day one !

"eyebrow-raising contracts..." tell the local DA